The Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2025 are out, featuring the world’s 100 best business schools. In the latest edition, the University of Pennsylvania: Wharton grabbed the top spot followed by the Columbia Business School in the United States.
IIM Kozhikode’s Flagship PGP Surges 9 Places to Best-Ever World Rank 68 in FT MIM Ranking 2024
Financial Times (FT) Global MBA Rankings 2025 : Carbon footprint- IIM Kozhikode (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode) has secured the 86th rank globally, making it the highest new entrant in this year’s rankings. IIM K (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode) tops in India & ranked 3 in with equal points in Carbon footprint.
Carbon footprint rank: calculated using the net zero target year for carbon emissions set by the university and/or school, and the existence of a publicly available carbon emissions audit report since 2019. Extra credit is given to schools with an audit report that includes Scope 3 emissions (those not controlled directly by the school but which occur externally in its value chain as a result of its activities).
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The environmental, social and governance (ESG) rank is based on the proportion of teaching hours from core courses that are dedicated to ESG topics, and time spent on instructing how organisations can reach net zero. It also includes the alumni evaluation of their school’s ESG teaching.
Finally, the school’s carbon footprint rank awards credit to schools with a carbon emissions audit report that includes Scope 3 emissions — those not controlled by the school but which occur externally in its value chain as a result of its activities.
IIM Kozhikode’s PGP-BL Makes Historic Debut in Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2025
| B Schools | Location | Carbon footprint |
| Tongji University School of Economics and Management | China | 98 |
| University of Rochester: Simon Business School | US | 98 |
| IIM Kozhikode | India | 98 |
| Washington University: Olin | US | 92 |
| University of Georgia: Terry | US | 92 |
| IIM Lucknow | India | 92 |
| Fordham University: Gabelli | US | 92 |
| Brigham Young University: Marriott | US | 92 |
| Eada Business School Barcelona | Spain | 92 |
| Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: College of Business | China | 85 |
| University of Chicago: Booth | US | 85 |
| University of Washington: Michael G. Foster | US | 85 |
| University of Texas at Austin: McCombs | US | 85 |
| Georgetown University: McDonough | US | 85 |
| University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal | US | 85 |
| IIM Bangalore | India | 85 |
| IIM Ahmedabad | India | 82 |
| University of Notre Dame: Mendoza | US | 82 |
| Copenhagen Business School (CBS) | Denmark | 82 |
| IIM Calcutta | India | 81 |
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IIM Kozhikode: The IIMK (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode) started its academic journey in 1997 with its flagship Postgraduate Program (PGP). The Institute is on a high growth trajectory today, offering widest range of academic programs in the field of management education. These include Doctoral Programme in Management (PhD), Executive PG Programmes, Management Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programs. IIMK set up a Satellite campus at Infopark, Kochi, in 2013 dedicated to Executive Education. IIMK has also the unique distinction of launching a PhD (Practice Track) programme for working professionals besides bringing in new dynamic courses like one-year Post Graduate programme in Business Leadership (2019) MBA in Finance and MBA in Liberal Studies & Management (2020). IIMK is ranked 3rd as per NIRF India Rankings 2024: Management. The institute also made its global debut for its flagship MBA and EMBA programme in the 2020/21 QS World University Rankings. In 2023, IIM Kozhikode also broke into Top-100 in Financial Times Ranking for Masters in Management (MBA) and gained 9 spots in 2024 to reach global #68. The Institute also attained global rank #70 in the FT Open Enrollment Programme for 2024. The Institute is globally accredited by EQUIS (EFMD) and AMBA (UK).
